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1091358

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of leasehold enfranchisement for (a) leasehold houses, (b) leasehold flats and (c) all leasehold properties in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	234262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not collect this data and has made no estimate of the cost. There is no single method for the valuation of enfranchisement of leasehold houses or flats and the Government is aware of unfair practices, which have led to leaseholders paying substantial sums on the premium and costs associated with enfranchising.</p><p>This is why the Government has asked the Law Commission to review the enfranchisement process to make it simpler, easier, quicker and more cost effective. Its consultation, which included proposals for a unified valuation methodology, closed on 7 January 2019. The Law Commission will publish its final report later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 22/03/2019 14:44:08 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1091422

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the latest Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release, whether the 163 private residential buildings which are yet to be remediated represent the (a) total number of private residential blocks affected by ACM cladding or (b) wider developments in which they sit.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	234291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG have been informed by local authorities and building owners of 163 high-rise residential buildings with Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, which are yet to be remediated (at 28 February 2019). Of these, 102 buildings are parts of 31 distinct developments. In total, the 163 buildings span 92 separate developments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 234292 question first answered 22/03/2019 13:36:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1091423

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the latest Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release, how many developments contain the 163 private residential buildings still with ACM cladding systems.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	234292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG have been informed by local authorities and building owners of 163 high-rise residential buildings with Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations, which are yet to be remediated (at 28 February 2019). Of these, 102 buildings are parts of 31 distinct developments. In total, the 163 buildings span 92 separate developments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 234291 question first answered 22/03/2019 13:36:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1091424

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the fire safety risk to residents in developments containing one or more of the 163 private residential blocks still covered in ACM cladding where their block is not covered in cladding but may be affected by a fire in one that is.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	234293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to ensure that residents of high-rise (above 18 metres) buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) are safe in their homes<strong>. </strong> It is in everyone’s interests, including those who live in neighbouring buildings, for unsafe buildings to be remediated as quickly as possible.</p><p>We have set up a comprehensive programme to oversee ACM remediation and have pushed owners and local authorities hard to identify and remediate unsafe buildings. We have also worked closely with local authorities and Fire and Rescue Services to ensure that interim safety measures are in place where needed, to ensure that buildings are safe until the cladding is replaced.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/03/2019 13:37:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1078657

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 224343 on Buildings: Insulation, for what reason the bespoke test methodology was not subject to a full consultation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	226734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Research projects are not usually subject to public consultation. A project steering group was constituted for this research. A summary of the steering group comments on the aims and objectives of the research is provided in Table 1 of the methodology. A copy of the methodology is available in the House library.</p><p>Full details of the work will be published after it is completed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 226735 question first answered 04/03/2019 17:30:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1078658

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 224343 on Buildings: Insulation, for what reason the bespoke test methodology was not made available in the public domain when it was agreed in August 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	226735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Research projects are not usually subject to public consultation. A project steering group was constituted for this research. A summary of the steering group comments on the aims and objectives of the research is provided in Table 1 of the methodology. A copy of the methodology is available in the House library.</p><p>Full details of the work will be published after it is completed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 226734 question first answered 04/03/2019 17:30:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1078659

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2019 to Question 224346 on Buildings: Insulation, what plans his Department has to help ensure the removal of insulation materials that have been deemed unsafe.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	226736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has set up a comprehensive programme to oversee the remediation of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems. In addition, my department published an advice note (available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-update-and-consolidated-advice-for-building-owners-following-large-scale-testing" target="_blank">here</a>) on external wall systems that do not incorporate Aluminium Composite Material in December 2017 and updated it in December 2018. This advice makes clear to building owners that wall systems on existing buildings may only use materials, including insulation, that are of limited combustibility unless the system has achieved BR135 classification via a BS 8414 test. It reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove any unsafe materials.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/03/2019 17:26:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1077705

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2019 to Question 217589 on Buildings: Insulation and with reference to the Buildings Research Establishment interim report entitled Fire performance of cladding materials research – experimental methodology and performance criteria, what part of the methodology will enable the Government to determine whether samples are combustible.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	226200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>At this stage the study is aimed at developing a better understanding of the behaviour of a range of cladding products when exposed to fire and their possible contribution to fire spread.</p><p>The performance criteria and how they will be measured are highlighted in table 2 of the methodology. A copy of the methodology is available in the House library.</p><p>The findings of the research will help determine, in consultation with the Independent Expert Panel, any further action we should take. This could include further testing at large scale and/or advice to building owners.</p><p>My department published an advice note on external wall systems that do not incorporate Aluminium Composite Material in December 2017 and updated it in December 2018. This advice makes clear to building owners that wall systems on existing buildings may only use materials that are of limited combustibility unless the system has achieved the appropriate BR135 classification via a BS 8414 test. It reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove any unsafe materials.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 226201 question first answered 04/03/2019 17:28:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1077706

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Minister for Housing's oral evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on 28 January 2019 on the independent review of building regulations and to the Buildings Research Establishment's interim report entitled Fire performance of cladding materials research – experimental methodology and performance criteria, what measurements within the testing methodology his Department will use to assess whether particular types of cladding should be removed from buildings.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	226201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>At this stage the study is aimed at developing a better understanding of the behaviour of a range of cladding products when exposed to fire and their possible contribution to fire spread.</p><p>The performance criteria and how they will be measured are highlighted in table 2 of the methodology. A copy of the methodology is available in the House library.</p><p>The findings of the research will help determine, in consultation with the Independent Expert Panel, any further action we should take. This could include further testing at large scale and/or advice to building owners.</p><p>My department published an advice note on external wall systems that do not incorporate Aluminium Composite Material in December 2017 and updated it in December 2018. This advice makes clear to building owners that wall systems on existing buildings may only use materials that are of limited combustibility unless the system has achieved the appropriate BR135 classification via a BS 8414 test. It reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove any unsafe materials.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 226200 question first answered 04/03/2019 17:28:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1077707

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Buildings Research Establishment interim report entitled Fire performance of cladding materials research – experimental methodology and performance criteria, how many meetings were held between his officials and representatives of the Buildings Research Establishment between 19 June 2018 and 26 February 2019; and if he will publish the dates of those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	226202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Officials have been in regular contact (meetings, emails and phone conversations) with the Building Research Establishment between June 2018 and February 2019. The Department does not keep a record of all the exchanges between officials and the Building Research Establishment.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/03/2019 16:06:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones